Western Forest Products closed its Port Alberni sawmill for at least six months, putting more than 100 people out of work. While 15 people remain working at the company’s planer mill, the sawmill shut down last month. Glen Cheetham, business agent, United Steelworkers Union Local 1-1937, said… “There’s never a good time for these things.” …Western Forest Products operates six mills on Vancouver Island, but this is the only mill that is currently curtailed, with an opening to be determined sometime in the spring. The company… cited market conditions and a lack of supply as reasons for the closure. …This is not the first curtailment on the Island. Last month, Paper Excellence announced its paper mill operations at the Catalyst Crofton facility near Duncan are curtailed indefinitely. The company is blaming the closure on weak paper markets in China.